The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, and quantum physicists are still grappling with its mysteries
A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted…
Collective photon emission and ferroelectric exciton ordering near Mott insulating state in WSe2/WS2 heterobilayers
Cai, J. et al. Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2. Nature 622, 63–68 (2023).…
Astronomers Discover Magnetic Highways in Galaxies Merging at 1.1 Million MPH
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers has uncovered extraordinary details…
A free energy landscape analysis of resistance fluctuations in a memristive device
Lanza, M. et al. The growing memristor industry. Nature 640, 613–622 (2025). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Bhatti,…
Lattice surgery realized on two distance-three repetition codes with superconducting qubits
Shor, P. W. Fault-tolerant quantum computation. In Proc. 37th Conference on Foundations of Computer Science 56–65 (IEEE, 1996);…
New optical method bypasses light’s limit by 100,000× to image atoms
For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the tiny world. Microscopes use…
“Red Geyser” Galaxies Have Plenty of Star-Forming Gas But Don’t Form Stars
We see stars as the main constituent of galaxies. They’re the visible part, and they’re what announce a…
Dark energy: what if the universe changed its destiny right before our eyes?
Dark energy: what if the universe changed its destiny right before our eyes? – Futura-Sciences January 27, 2026…
100 years of quantum mechanics: a new approach is needed
100 years on from the birth of quantum mechanics, philosopher of physics Emily Adlam argues that the quantum…
James Webb captures the sharpest map of dark matter ever created
The Dark Matter distribution in the COSMOS field observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. (Credit: Gavin Leroy/Professor…
A New Theory for What Really Powers a Flare
Solar flares are one of the most closely watched processes in solar physics. Partly that’s because they can…
The power of a poster – Physics World
The power of a poster – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright…